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   Keith F. Lynch to Kevrob   
   Re: Household Algebra   
   04 Jul 24 02:11:34   
   
   From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Kevrob  wrote:   
   > Tim Merrigan wrote:   
   >> "Evelyn C. Leeper"  wrote:   
   >>> Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,   
   >>> Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;   
   >>> One two three Neds, Richard two,   
   >>> Harrys four five six, ... then who?   
   >>> Edwards four five, Dick the bad,   
   >>> Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);   
   >>> Mary, Bessie, James you ken,   
   >>> Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;   
   >>> Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,   
   >>> Georges four, Will four, Victoria;   
   >>> Edward seven, George and Ted,   
   >>> George the sixth, now Liz instead.   
      
   >> And one more Charlie.   
      
   > He's not dead.   
   > Will he also lose his head?   
      
   That recent post of Evelyn's was the first time I'd ever seen that   
   poem.  And then I saw it again in a YouTube video:   
      
   Story Beast: All the Kings and Queens of England   
      
   ... except that it continues for another thousand-odd years.   
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